Barbara

+ intro by Diana Cipriano, BFI Programme and Research Coordinator

Christian Petzold’s understated, thrilling drama sees a Berlin doctor forced to relocate to a country hospital in 1980s East Germany after a failed exit visa.

  • Director

    Christian Petzold

  • With

    Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke

  • Germany 2012. 105min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    12A

  • English subtitles

Nina Hoss’ exquisitely nuanced performance anchors this gripping character study about an East German doctor in the 1980s who is banished to a small-town for trying to flee the country. Surrounded by constant surveillance and quiet menace, she makes numerous secret bicycle trips to hide funds that will secure her escape. But it’s not long before her vocation as a care provider will collide with her own personal plans.

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